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National reporter system. United States series
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The Federal Reporter
4
Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey
3
United States Geological Survey Reports
3
30 Minute Series
2
Academic Year 1887
2
Academic Year 1888
2
Fiscal Year 1888
2
Texas State Department of Education Biennial Report
2
The War of the Rebellion: Army Records
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Texas Superintendent of Public Instruction Biennial Report: 1887-1888
Biennial report of the State Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Texas Department of Education discussing the educational needs in the state, documenting information and statistics regarding schools and students, and reporting on agency activities for the scholastic years 1887 and 1888.
Date:
1888
Creator:
Texas. State Department of Education.
Object Type:
Report
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "relates to an improvement in car-couplings, and has for its object to provide a coupling by means of which the link will be held up and guided into the draw-head, and the coupling-pin held in position to be coupled and automatically thrown into engagement with the link" (lines 7-13).
Date:
June 5, 1888
Creator:
Rutledge, William O.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car Coupling.
Patent for a new and improved coupling for railroad cars. This design "consist[s] of a draw-head having a spring-actuated sliding piece projecting into the draw-head, with a shouldered end therein, and a hole adapted to register with the coupling-holes in the draw-head, a coupling-link having yielding slotted pieces pivoted at its ends above slots in the ends of the link, and a coupling-pin with reacting spring mounted in a frame having a winding-drum, and a rope connected with the coupling-pin, the latter projecting through and engaging the sliding piece and link" (lines 76-87).
Date:
July 24, 1888
Creator:
Griffith, William H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Plow
Patent for a plow. It "is to provide an improved plow stock or frame having an adjustable foot to regulate the inclination or pitch of the plow-point" (p. 2).
Date:
August 7, 1888
Creator:
Whatley, George Washington,
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "an automatic car-coupling which may be uncoupled from the sides of the cars, and which will allow of a car on which it is provided being coupled to a car provided with the ordinary link-and-pin coupling" (lines 7-12).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Eddleman, Thomas J.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Car-Coupling
Patent for "a car-coupler which will be automatic in its operation in coupling the cars as they come together on the track, and at the same time to provide a positive uncoupling device which may be operated on any part of any of the cars, as well as by an engineer, when it is desired to uncouple the cars or a car from the engine" (lines 14-21).
Date:
October 30, 1888
Creator:
Carolan, Eugene P. & Lee, Patrick H.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter, Cultivator, and Cotton-Chopper
Patent for an improvement to the Combined Corn and Cotton Planter, Cultivator and Cotton-Chopper with detailed illustrations.
Date:
February 21, 1888
Creator:
Carley, John W.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Combined Corn and Cotton Planter
Patent for an improvement in the construction and design of combined cotton and corn planters.
Date:
August 28, 1888
Creator:
Schofield, James Drommond
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Cotton-Picker's Sack.
Patent for improvements in a cotton-picker's sack, allowing for easy access to deposit and empty picked cotton while remaining nearly closed to hold and protect the cotton.
Date:
October 16, 1888
Creator:
Cliett, Taylor
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History
Coin Controlled Electrical Weighing Scale.
Patent for a new and improved coin-operated electrical scale. This design "relates to improvements in electrical weighing-scales that may be tripped by electricity; and the main object of [the] invention is to so arrange the electric circuit that it may be closed for tripping the indicator by inserting within the machine a coin or like-shaped metallic piece" (lines 16-22).
Date:
November 13, 1888
Creator:
Smith, William R.
Object Type:
Patent
System:
The Portal to Texas History